第四十九条(減価償却資産の償却費の計算及びその償却の方法)
Article 49Calculating Depreciation Allowances for Depreciable Assets; Depreciation Methods
The amount that, pursuant to the provisions of Article 37 (Necessary Expenses), is included in the necessary expenses that are used to calculate a Resident's real property income, business income, timber income, or miscellaneous income, as the depreciation allowance for a Depreciable Asset held by the Resident on December 31 of the relevant year is the amount calculated pursuant to Cabinet Order based on the depreciation method that the Resident has selected for the asset from among the method under which the depreciation allowance is the same every year, the method under which the depreciation allowance decreases every year at a fixed rate, and the other depreciation methods prescribed by Cabinet Order by date of acquisition and asset category (or based on the depreciation method prescribed by Cabinet Order, if the Resident does not select a depreciation method).
Cabinet Order establishes special provisions on the selectable depreciation methods referred to in the preceding paragraph and provides for the way of selecting a depreciation method, the acquisition costs of Depreciable Assets that are to be used as the basis of the calculation of the depreciation allowance, special provisions under which the amount corresponding to the part of an amount expended on a Depreciable Asset that extends its usable life or similar is treated as the acquisition cost of a Depreciable Asset, and other particulars that need to be prescribed concerning the depreciation of Depreciable Assets.
定義第二条第一項第十九号・法令全体に適用
不動産所得若しくは雑所得の基因となり、又は不動産所得、事業所得、山林所得若しくは雑所得を生ずべき業務の用に供される建物、構築物、機械及び装置、船舶、車両及び運搬具、工具、器具及び備品、鉱業権その他の資産で償却をすべきものとして政令で定めるもの
わかりやすく言うと
不動産所得や雑所得のもとになり、又は不動産所得、事業所得、山林所得や雑所得を生む業務に使われる建物、機械、車両、器具、鉱業権などの資産のうち、償却をすべきものとして政令で定めるもののことです。